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Science fiction has often been considered the literature of futuristic technology: fantastic warfare among the stars or ruinous apocalypses on Earth. The last century, however, saw, through John W. Campbell, the introduction of psience fiction, which explores such themes of mental powers as telepathy, precognition of the future, teleportation, etc.--and symbolic machines that react to such forces.

The author surveys this long-ignored literary shift through a series of influential novels and short stories published between the 1930s and the present. This discussion is framed by the sudden surge of interest in parapsychology and its absorption not only into the SF genre, but also into the real world through military experiments such as the Star Gate Program.



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An informative read. It provided a very good representation of psi in classic science fiction literature... primarily appealing to those in the fields of parapsychology and literary studies." - Australian Journal of Parapsychology

Psience Fiction

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    A Paperback by Damien Broderick

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      Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
      Published 1/31/2018 12:05:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781476672281
      978-1476672281
      ISBN-10 1476672288
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      Clairvoyance and precognition

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Science fiction has often been considered the literature of futuristic technology: fantastic warfare among the stars or ruinous apocalypses on Earth. The last century, however, saw, through John W. Campbell, the introduction of psience fiction, which explores such themes of mental powers as telepathy, precognition of the future, teleportation, etc.--and symbolic machines that react to such forces.

      The author surveys this long-ignored literary shift through a series of influential novels and short stories published between the 1930s and the present. This discussion is framed by the sudden surge of interest in parapsychology and its absorption not only into the SF genre, but also into the real world through military experiments such as the Star Gate Program.



      Trade Review
      An informative read. It provided a very good representation of psi in classic science fiction literature... primarily appealing to those in the fields of parapsychology and literary studies." - Australian Journal of Parapsychology

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